/staff avatar Quotation added by staff

Why not add this quote to your bookmarks?


The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other, to induce people to lie.   Byron, Lord

Excerpt from Life of Lord Byron, Vol. II With His Letters and Journals · This quote is about flattery · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


A bit about Byron, Lord ...

George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788April 19, 1824) was an Anglo-Scottish poet and leading figure in Romanticism. Among his best-known works are the narrative poems Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan. The latter remained incomplete on his death.

These people bookmarked this quote:

More on the author

This quote around the web

Loading...

 

Search Quotations Book